SMIT Salvage and MEGATUGS have carried out firefighting and deck-by-deck cargo discharge at Elefsis. The remaining work focuses on the safe disposal of waste generated by the onboard fire.
The 1996 Maersk Victory punch-through exposed shortcomings in seabed assessment and safety management. Its official investigation offers lessons relevant to the Prospector 5 sinking off Gabon.
Arrival at Ølen is estimated for 9 December following departure from Singapore. Transocean Endurance has a two-year Norwegian drilling programme expected to begin in the second quarter of 2027.
HEAVYCON 2007 addresses vessel delay through cancellation and liability provisions. Its demurrage rate does not automatically entitle charterers to an equivalent payment when a ship is late.
From a giant gantry crane collapse in Shanghai to catastrophic flooding in Dubai and a fatal repair-vessel fire in Qingdao, major shipyard disasters over the past quarter-century reveal a recurring weakness: some of the highest risks emerge when normal operating conditions are replaced by installation, maintenance, repair or temporary arrangements.
General average allows certain emergency losses and expenses to be shared between ship and cargo interests. For cargo owners, it can mean providing security before receiving their goods—even when those goods are undamaged.
Sarens relocated two 1,865-tonne STS container cranes from Bremerhaven to Wilhelmshaven, handling load-out, marine transport and final positioning.
COSCO’s semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel KANG SHENG KOU transported the Saturn 5701 barge from China to Brazil, where it was safely offloaded after an approximately 45-day voyage.
Boa Offshore has dispatched BOABARGE 38 from Rotterdam for a project in Italy. The semi-submersible heavy lift barge has a 35 t/m² deck strength and more than 5,000 m² of deck area.
